Cor Vasa 2019, 61(5):503-507 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.09.005

(A young patient with large myxoma in the right atrium)

Petra Indruchováa, Róbert Petra, Miroslava Benešováb, Iva Zemanovác, Hana Línkováa
a Kardiocentrum, Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady, Praha
b Kardiochirurgická klinika, Nemocnice Na Homolce, Praha
c Oddělení patologie, Nemocnice Na Homolce, Praha

Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors mostly localized in left atrium, but the diagnosis is often delayed. This article presents a case of a young patient who had been treated four years for asthma bronchiale before the final diagnosis of myxoma was established and the patient was adequately treated.

Keywords: Bronchial asthma, Cardiac tumors, Dyspnea, Myxoma

Published: October 20, 2019  Show citation

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Indruchová P, Petr R, Benešová M, Zemanová I, Línková H. (A young patient with large myxoma in the right atrium). Cor Vasa. 2019;61(5):503-507. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.09.005.
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